The residents’ plight drew widespread attention after the owner of their original La Vita Bella nursing home in Dickinson snapped a photo of several of them in the flooded facility with water up to their waists and beyond

Kim McIntosh lives in Florida, but told CNN that her mother, Trudy Lampson, who owns La Vita Bella, took the original photo.

“Most of these people are in wheelchairs and (on) oxygen,” she said.

McIntosh said her mother told her that officials had instructed her not to evacuate the home. Instead, they were told to stay in place and have a disaster plan.

McIntosh told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday morning the water became waist-deep 10 to 15 minutes after it first started flowing through the doors.